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- The first manmade satellite, Sputnik I, was launched on October 4 by The USSR into an 142 mile by 588 mile orbit around the earth.
- On July 16 a Chance Vought F8U-1P Crusader flown by Maj. John Glenn, Jr. (USMC) set the Los Angeles to New York speed record with an average speed of 760 mph.
- Army Jupiter IRBM was launched on May 31. It was the first successful IRBM launched and achieved a range of 1,500 miles.
- Department of Defense announced that four to six Soviet ICBM tests took place in the Spring of 1957.
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Sputnik I Spacecraft
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Other Facts from 1957
President: Dwight Eisenhower
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